Tuesday, January 04, 2011

Global politically correct freezing

Here's a quick New Year quiz. What are the politically correct terms for the following:1.Black Coffee 2.The black economy 3.Ladies and gentlemen 4.Happy Christmas 5.Christmas tree 6.You’ll just feel a little prick 7.Three Little Pigs8.School pupil 9.Baa baa black sheep10.Blackboard 11.Bouncers 12.Brainstorming13.Yankee and Zulu 14.Fireman 15.Hairdresser Sarah Desrosiers was found not guilty of racial discrimination by an industrial tribunal but still had to pay Bushra Noah £4,000 compensation for hurt feelings. Why?16.Why was Deva Jynarasiri forced out of his job as a Postmaster at a Post Office in Nottingham and thrown out of the Liberal Democrats. Why?17.In 2002, Steve Thoburn announced that his newborn son Jay weighed 3,790 grammes. Why? 18.Gangland boss Colin Gunn is serving life for a double murder. But he recently won a human rights case. What was his claim?19.The Government paid undisclosed damages in compensation to a group of prisoners for invading their human rights by forcing them to stop taking drugs while they were in jail. How many prisoners were involved?20.Who said: Earlier on today apparently a woman rang the BBC and said that she’d heard there was a hurricane on the way. Well if you’re watching, don’t worry, there isn’t”?21.Why is Ewen McCallum, the chief meteorologist at the Met Office, white faced?22.Last year we endured the coldest winter for 31 years. In the autumn of 2009, what did the Met Office predict?23.What was the name given to the e-mail scandal involving Professor Phil Jones, director of the climatic research unit at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, which suggested he was falsifying statistics on global warming?24.They are the world’s largest source of CO2 emissions. They also emit methane, which warms the world 20 times faster than CO2, and more than two-thirds of the ammonia which causes acid rain. What are they?25.When did the River Thames last freeze over?26.Britain’s sunniest month, with 383.9 hours of sunshine, was recorded in Eastbourne, Sussex, one July. Which year?27.The lowest daily temperature in Britain had been recorded on three occasions, in 1895, 1982 and 1995, twice in Braemar, Aberdeenshire and once in Altnaharra, Highland. How cold was it?28.Experts claim 2010 was:The hottest year on record The coldest year for a decade The wettest year for 30 years29.In September 2007 the frozen North West Passage across the Arctic Circle was opened up for the first time in recorded history because of global warming. When did this recorded history begin?30.In 1999, Indian scientist Syed Hasnain gave a phone interview to a reporter from the New Scientist. Nine years later, what he said became central to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report on global warming. Two years later, everyone admitted it was all bollocks. What was the claim?

And the answers are:What are the politically correct terms for the following:

1. Coffee without milk2. The hidden economy3. Men and women4. Happy Holiday5. Festive tree6. You’ll just feel a little scratch7. Three Vertically-Challenged Swine8. Learner9. Baa baa happy sheep10. Chalk board11. Ejection technicians12. TGE (thought generating exercise)13. Yellow and zebra14. Fire-fighter15. She turned down Ms Noah for a job as a hairdresser because she refused to work without wearing her headscarf.16. Because he put up a notice telling customers they should speak English in his shop. 17. In 2001 he was convicted of selling vegetables using imperial measurements only. He was initially convicted and given a six-month conditional discharge.18. He said it was disrespectful to be called by his surname, Gunn, only and demanded that prison officers called him Mister Gunn.119. 9820. Michael Fish21. He promised a “barbecue summer” in 200922. A milder than average winter.23. Climategate24. Cattle.25. 181426. 191127. -27.2(C) -16.96 (F)28. The hottest year on record29. 1979 when satellite monitoring started. The Northwest Passage was open in 1903 and used by the sailor Roald Amundson and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Arctic patrol made regular trips in the early 1940s.30. That climate change would melt most of the Himalayan glaciers by 2035.